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the Sahara Desert and left it there. He says there were thousands of them parked under hangars when he was flown out.”
    Mike looked at Tilly, “Take care of this. I need to talk with this pilot.” Mike walked over and the former Pilot saluted. Mike returned his salute, “Tell me what you’re talking about.”
    Captain Long smiled, “During the time when Earth was destroying all its weapons of war, all of the pilots who flew Warthogs were ordered to fly them to North Africa. I was one of the last to go and I landed at a facility that was pretty much invisible from the air. I parked my Warthog in a giant hangar built underground; there had to be thousands of other A 10s lined up inside.”
    “Do you think you could find that facility?”
    “You know how pilots think. I know where I crossed the Algerian coast and I know what heading I took. I also know the exact mileage I flew inland.”
    Mike shook his head, “You remember all that?”
    “I wondered then what was going on and no one would tell me. It’s always bothered me.”
    Mike pressed his collar button, “Jesse.”
    “Yeah, Mike.”
    “I need you to come down here and pick up a former Army pilot. See if you can find a facility he saw more than a decade ago.”
    “On my way.”
    Mike looked at the Captain, “Go up to the roof and look for a Q ship.”
    “Thank you, Sir.”
    “No, it is I that should be thanking you. This is the first I’ve heard about that facility.”
    Mike went back to the table and an hour later his communicator beeped, “Sanders, here.”
    “Mike it appears we have a Prime One violation of the Peace Accord.”
    “What did you find, Jesse?”
    “It appears the entire former United States inventory of A 10’s is here in perfectly preserved condition. Someone was hiding them to use later. There’s also enough rounds for the guns to keep them firing continuously for years. I’ve got to believe the former President knew about this.”
    “How many aircraft?”
    “Peter says there are more than ten thousand.”
    Mike whistled. “Jesse, contact Hetzel and have him take the entire inventory to his planet and see if he can’t modify them where we could use them.”
    “Modify?”
    “Change the power plant and install a force field. It would also be good if thrusters could be installed on the body and wings.”
    “Do you honestly think they can just fly down to a planet from space?”
    “You and I can do it with our personal shields; just see what he can do with them.”
    “I’m on it. I’ve also called in ten Hunter Teams to keep prying eyes away.”
    “That’s good, Jesse. You’re catching on.”
    “I’ve just never been that suspicious in the past.”
    “This is now; it requires new skills.”
    Mike looked at Tilly, “I want the database sorted for anyone that flew the A-10.”
    Tilly rolled her eyes and sighed, “I’ll send the message to Eric and get him to make the change.
    Mike thought a moment and pressed his collar, “Jesse, was that sight difficult to find?”
    “It required moving inside Earth’s atmosphere to about five miles above the desert in order to detect it.”
    “I want you to call in three more Q ships and have them join you and do a scan of the Sahara. See if there are any other sites lurking under the sand. If you find anything, have Hetzel move a transport here to move them off planet.”
    “I’m on it.”
    Tilly looked at Mike, “Why do you think they were hidden?”
    “Dictators need something to enforce their power. I suspect they are there to use on the people if they rise up to overthrow the current leadership.”
    “But that would cause the Q ships to come in and destroy them.”
    Mike sighed and shook his head, “And if Yehao told Hetzel that he wanted Earth to handle its own issues and that weapons would be used to make sure the planet remained peaceful?”
    Tilly slowly shook her head, “Do you think they’re evil enough to plan this that far in advance?”
    “How many times